The new generation of foreign postgraduate students opted for the Universidad de La Frontera because of being a space of academic strength of a high level.

In each of the stories of the postgraduate students, it is possible to appreciate how the Universidad de La Frontera has achieved to define its name outside the country. The advance in strengthening internationalization is a task of the present and future, and several academic initiatives and activities support this interest.

This is the case of the "UFRO 2017 Postgraduate Foreign Students Welcome", organized by the International Cooperation’s Office, dependent of the Vice-Rectorate of Academic Affairs, in conjunction with the Vice-Rectorate of Research and Postgraduate Programs, which received the 19 international students who are integrated into the UFRO and begin their stay.

The Vice Rector of Research and Postgraduate Programs, Dr. Eduardo Hebel, expressed the importance of this group of young people coming here, as the result of hard work, which shows the desire of the Universidad de La Frontera to expand beyond the borders. "We are a complex university that improves itself, and one of our projections is to consolidate the process of internationalization, a matter in which you are relevant actors."

The Director of the International Cooperation´s Office, Dr. Pamela Leal, explained that the UFRO achieved remarkable advances regarding the arrival of international students. "From the year 2010 to the present, we have achieved an increase of 25% in the number of students that are integrated into the postgraduate programs. However, we now aim to strengthen the cooperation´s and attract students from the United States, Canada and Europe."

This is possible, because the Universidad de La Frontera is very attractive and important for studies in Latin America. The countries of origin include: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Germany.

	Dariel López Hernández (Cuba) "I am from Cuba and one of the things I liked the most is the quality of training. This is why I wanted to come and do my training at this university, since Chile has a very competitive system, where high level professionals are trained. As a graduate in biology, my option was to come to the Doctorate in Science with mention in Applied Cellular and Molecular Biology."
	Blenda Santos Da Silva (Brasil) "I came from the north of Brazil (Manaus) to the south of Chile for an internship at the Ph.D. in Natural Resource Sciences. During this time, I intend to begin the preparation for a publication and, at the same time, I want to deepen my knowledge in the laboratory, and especially get to know the different characteristics of this beautiful country. I am in the PhD program of Tropical Resources of the Federal University of Amazonas. "
	Jaime Santos (Colombia) "I have been living in this country for nine years and today I am joining the Medical Specialty Program in Obstetrics and Gynecology. I chose to study at the Universidad de La Frontera, because of references of other specialists and because of its high academic standard and the clinical field it has. Those were some of the main reasons."

Written by: Pamela Carrasco 
Direction of Communications